TACOMA, Wash. – The pitching staff of the Puget Sound baseball team allowed just two earned runs on the day to boost the Loggers (15-19, 10-10 NWC) to a twinbill sweep of visiting Pacific. Matt Robinson spearheaded a combined shutout in game one for a 2-0 win and Lucas Stone earned the win while also scoring the winning run in 4-3 win in the nightcap.

Game 1 – W, 2-0

Matt Robinson continued his nearly unprecedented season on the mound, tossing seven innings of a 2-0 win over the Boxers (12-21, 9-11 NWC). Robinson struck out five and issued one walk while allowing just four hits.

He dominated the game for all seven innings. No Boxer advance past second base until the seventh inning – Robinson's final frame of the afternoon. It took until the fifth inning for the Boxers to get a runner into scoring position.

Despite Robinson's dominance, the Boxers found a way to get a runner on base in every inning except the first and eighth. However, they stranded eight runners while Robinson occupied the mound and left two on in the ninth against Lucas Stone.

On the other end, Rob Dittrick seemed to be just as dominant against the Logger lineup. He retired the first six batters in order until Addison Melzer singled on a soft liner to open the third. He moved up on a passed ball, was sacrificed over to third and scored a sacrifice fly off the bat of JB Eary.

One would have been enough but Nick Funyak gave the Loggers some insurance when he singled in Kaulana Smith in the seventh.

Dittrick was rolling until the seventh. Melzer was the only Logger to reach base until Connor Savage reached on an error in the sixth. Smith's leadoff single in the seventh was only the third hit off Dittrick, who went all eight and struck out a pair.

Steve Wagar pitched a perfect eighth and Stone settled in after allowing a leadoff single in the ninth to earn the save.

Game 2 – W, 4-3

More strong pitching came in the second game as Nate Aguiar started on the mound and Stone finished it up. Aguiar went six strong innings, allowing just one run on six hits. He also struck out four and left the game in line for the win.

After stranding 10 runners in the first game, the Boxers stranded 12 more in the late game as the Logger pitching continued to come through in the clutch situations.

Kaulana Smith took advantage of the Loggers first threatening situation in the first. With Stone on second after a wild pitch, Smith knocked him in with a single to left for a 1-0 Logger lead.

A strange play tied up the game at 1-1 in the second. Michael Arakaki led off with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice. He headed to third as Anson Arakaki grounded out to second. However, Anson Arakaki collided with Christian Carter on a close play at first, allowing Michael to take the extra base and come home to tie up the game.

In the third, Connor Savage singled and Nate Backes doubled to put two in scoring position with one out. Stone grounded out to first and Logan Moen snapped a throw over to second in an attempt to get Backes, who had taken the extra step toward third. The throw was offline and Savage wisely broke for home, touching the plate just before the throw for a 2-0 Logger lead.

After a quiet fourth, the Boxers loaded the bases in the fifth. However, Aguiar got Moen to groundout to second to end the threat.

Jarrod Beiser came in to pitch the seventh but walked Charlie Gaff and retired Nick Tasaka on a sacrifice bunt to start the inning. Stone took over after that but Walker Olis promptly doubled in Gaff to tie the game at 2-2. Moen singled in the next at-bat.

Moen then took off for second on a double steal attempt. Carter's throw down went off Eary's glove and into center field, allowing Olis to come home for a 3-2 Boxer lead.

The lead didn't last long as the Loggers tied it back up in the bottom half. Eric Lund reached on an error and stole third. Jeff Wlaton then doubled to deep left to score Lund and tie the game.

Kyle Treadway replaced Nick Morton with two outs in the seventh but took the tough-luck loss on the mound. Stone led off the eighth with a single – the only hit Treadway would allow in 1.2 innings. The centerfielder misplayed the single and Stone trotted into second. A passed ball allowed Stone to move up to third and another passed ball later in the inning allowed Stone to come home for what proved to be the winning run.

Stone hit a batter in the eighth and allowed a single in the ninth but escaped both innings unscathed for his fourth win of the year. He struck out three in 2.2 innings of work.

The Loggers and Boxers face off again tomorrow at noon in the series finale.